Hello, everyone! My name is Fu Mingyue. I'm a professional tour guide.Today I am very happy to accompany you to the world-famous Mount Tai.
Our browsing has started. Please pay attention to safety. Mount Tai has abeautiful and magnificent scenery. It is the "East Mountain" among the "FiveMountains" and the first of them. Dear tourists, we have come to Nantianmen now.If you look ahead, there are three big words "Nantianmen" written on thismagnificent gate, which is very eye-catching!
Please don't fall behind, let's go on! Mount Tai, also known as Daishan inancient times, is now a famous cultural and natural heritage. Mount Tai'snatural landscape is magnificent and unique, with thousands of years ofspiritual and cultural penetration and human landscape contrast, known as theepitome of the spiritual culture of the Chinese nation. Mount Tai is a magicalmountain integrating natural science with historical and cultural values, whichhas both outstanding natural scientific value and aesthetic historicalvalue.
Tourists, this tour is over. Thank you for your good cooperation with me.If you are interested, please visit Mount Tai again!
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Everybody is good! I am the guide from China international travel service - Tang Ruiqi. Today, let me take you to visit guilin landscape together!
You must have heard of the "landscape jiatianxia guilin" this quote, it comes from the hand of the qing dynasty poet Jin Wuxiang. There are many poets have been in guilin items, visible how famous landscape of guilin.
Let's take a boat ripples on the li river together!
Water has three characteristics of the lijiang river, is static, clean, green, respectively. It make you feel less than the static flow, alive it clear can see the small fish, it seemed like a flawless emerald green.
Landscape, landscape, can not not have water mountain. Everyone please look here, this is the elephant trunk hill. Elephant trunk hill, also called xiangshan, yamagata cool, it's like a giant elephants, and stretched out like a long nose, there is a beautiful fairy tale, the legend in a long time ago, a mother gave birth to a baby elephant, elephant one day by the river water, accidentally rolled down, like a mother know constantly call, long day sky like mom a fixed posture, finally became the elephant trunk hill as my mum. This is a great mother ah, this is a very touching story, is also a great maternal love, let us little like as soon as possible and like his mother can get together soon.
The hills of guilin, and show also risks. The continuous mountains, north of the mountains to the south of grids, each are not connected; The hills of guilin color bright and beautiful, reflected in the water, guilin mountain is very danger, danger peak stand out, jagged, like a heart will not fall down.
So how can add up the hill and the water not make people linger? Tour guide's stop here today, hope you also go to guilin to play next time, I am here waiting for you, goodbye!
the red star pavilion in the pipasha park, the kansheng pavilion in theeling park, and a place called yikeshu on the nanshan mountain are vintagepoints for observing the nocturnal scenes of the mountain city of chongqing. atnight the entire city is inundated in an ocean of lights, which form a colorfulthree-dimensional painting, with waves of the yangtze and jialing riversglistening against the moonlit, star spangled sky.
sites of the provisional capital
chongqing figured importantly in modem chinese history. during the war ofresistance against japan, it was the "provisional capital" of china under thekuomintang rule from november 1937 to october 1945. vestiges of that period arestill there in and around the city. these include the red crag village and 50zengjiayan, as well as chiang kai-shek’s mansion, guiyuan garden, linyuangarden, and the mansion of c.c. kong, the embassies of various countries tochina, as well as former residences of important politicians, generals andcultural figures.
martyrs’ mausoleum at mount gele the former headquarters, radio station andprison of the bureau of investigation and statistics of the military council (acolossal secret service of the kuomintang) at the foot of the gele mountain inshapingba district have become the mausoleum for those who died a martyr’s deaththere in china’s dark days. in the dying years of world war 11, it was the siteof the "sino0us institute for cooperation in special technology".
dazu grottoes
the dazu grottoes in the county of the same name is best known for thestone carvings on the baodingshan and beishan mountains, which are fine exampleof grotto sculpture in the late years of chinese feudalism. the sculptures, donein fastidious chisel work and gracious imagery, are marked by a new sculpturallanguage that eschews religious taboos and espouses true life.
yangtze river’s three gorges sailong down the yangtze from chongqing toyichang allows visitors to see the spectacular scenery of the three gorges alongwith its splendid cultural heritage and fabled local folklore. the cruise, whichcombines sightseeing with scientific, artistic and folklore exploration, is anational-caliber tourist program. the 193-km-long three gorges, consisting ofthe majestic qutangxia, statuesque wuxia and ferocious xilingxia gorges, is oneof and ferocious xilongxia gorges, is one of the world’s major canyons. alongthe way there are such scenic attractions as the fengdu mountain. baidi city,shibao village, zhang fel’s temple, qu yuan’s temple, and the three gorgesdam.
lesser three gorges
the daning river is the largest yangtze tributary, which rises in thesouthern side of the daba mountain and flows for 250km before emptying itselfinto the yangtze at the western entrance to the wuxia gorge. the lesser threegorges on the daning river, a 50km-long affair covering the longmenxia, bawuxiaand dicuixia gorges in the lower reaches of the river, is billed as one ofchina’s 40 best scenic resorts thanks to its gorgeous mountains, elegant peaks,turbulent rapids, limpid water, exotic rock imagery and serene scenery.
diaoyu city, hechuan established in 1242, or the 2nd year of the chunyoureign of the southern song, diaoyu city covers 2.5 square km up the diaoyumountain on the southern shore of the jialing river in hechuan city’s heyangtown. in 1258, the mongols launched a three-way attack on the song, and infebruary the next year diaoyu city found itself besieged. the song army mounteda valiant counterattack that last3ed for 36 years, and made world war history byrebuffing a strong enemy with a weak force. this prompted some europeanhistorians to laud diaoyu city as the "mecca of the east" and "where god brokehis whip". the ruins of the ancient battlefield of diaoyu city are well keptthere.
jinyun mountain nicknamed "less mount emei", jinyun mountain is a nationalscenic resort 55km from downtown chongqing.
furong cave, wulung the furong (hibiscus) cave is located by the furongriver in wulung county. the main part of the cave is 2,700 metres in length and3.7 square metres in area. the splendid cave is the most impressive. housed init are nearly 30 varieties of stalactites chiseled into every manner of exoticimagery by the cunning labor of nature. major attractions are gold throne hall,leifeng pagoda and sky-reaching jade pillar.
chongqing museum located at pipashan street, the chongqing museum is in thepossession of more than 100,000 cultural artifacts, including 10,000 or sovaluable ones.
chongqing nature museum
local natural history and fauna and flora samples are on display in thechongqing nature museum in beibei district, which includes a display room fordinosaurs that have been founding sichuan.
other scenic attractions
other scenic attractions include the south and north hot springs, red cragvillage, simian (four-face) mountain, jinfo (golden buddha) mountain, earth’schasm at tianjing gorge, and heavenly crate at xiaozhai village.
three gorges tourist festival
time: june every year
what’s on: cruise on the three gorges of the yangtze river, the ghost cityat fengdu, dazu grottoes, shibao village, zhang fei’s temple, baidi city atfengjie and lesser three gorges. other activities include float parade,full-length variety show and tourist business talks.
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Chaohu, the beautiful "great garden of centralAnhui". I'm Wang Bing, the tour guide of Anhui travel agency. Today I'll showyou the dreamlike world in pictures and the dreamlike water town. When I meetyou for the first time, how about reciting a poem to help you have fun?
Chaohu Lake is like an inkstone, with Gushan as its ink mill. Laoshan islike a sheep's brush, which is enough to write the green sky eight line script.What about? Is it domineering? Ha ha, don't be fooled by Xiao Wang. Thismagnificent seven character poem is not written by me. It comes from LiHongzhang, a famous person in Hefei. What is the beauty of his poetry? Let's goto the bottom together!
On the way to Chaohu, I'd like to tell you a beautiful legend: we all knowthat Chaohu is named because it looks like a bird's nest, but do you know theorigin of its other name "Jiaohu"? According to the records of Soushenji, Chaohuwas a state in ancient times. One year, there was a severe drought. Xiaobailongsecretly rained to eliminate the drought. He broke the heavenly rule and wasbeaten down. He met grandma Jiao to help him. In return for Jiao's help, XiaoBailong tells the emperor of heaven that he will sink into Chaohu Lake. WhenJiao gets the news, she runs around and tells the people of Chaohu Lake thatthey are saved. But Jiao's mother and daughter delayed their escape by tellingthe neighbors, and they were engulfed by the torrential flood. Later generationsadmired Jiao's noble character of sacrificing herself to save others, so theynamed the lake "Jiao Lake" and a mountain in the lake "Lao Mountain".
We look out of the window. Now the water area that comes into our eyes isChaohu Lake. As a matter of fact, Chaohu Lake is a faulted lake. As early asJurassic and Cretaceous, the strata around Chaohu Lake were faulted, whichhindered the water flow in the eastern Piedmont of Dabie Mountain in WesternChina and formed a vast water surface. After tens of millions of years ofcrustal movement and sediment deposition, about 15000 years ago, today's ChaohuLake was formed. It covers an area of more than 800 square kilometers, known as"eight hundred Li Lake sky", and is also one of the five largest freshwaterlakes in China.
Chaohu scenic spot is a national key scenic spot, mainly includingZhongmiao, Laoshan and Yinping mountain. Now when we get off the bus, we come toZhongmiao and Laoshan Scenic spots, which are the most concentrated andcharacteristic scenic spots. It is a tourist scenic spot integrating lake,mountain, island, tower, temple and temple. First of all, let's take a look atZhongmiao, which is named after its location between Hefei and Chaoxian. TheZhongmiao temple was first built in the Han Dynasty and has a history of morethan 20__ years. And its most brilliant time was "Jiuhua in the south, Zhongmiaoin the north", which was very popular. During the important festivals, thepilgrimage team reached dozens of miles. Let's have a look at the bluestonesteps under our feet. That's the famous shibada. Only by passing it can we cometo the big temple of Zhongmiao. It is said that this place was originally aTaoist temple. At the beginning of the temple, what was worshiped was BixiaYuanjun, which is now the "Empress of the temple". By the Wei, Jin, southern andNorthern Dynasties, Buddhism began to prevail, Taoism gradually declined, so theoriginal Taoist temple gradually became a Buddhist temple.
Walking through the temple, you can see that there are three islands in thelake in the distance, and the biggest one is Laoshan, which is about 3000 metersaway from the temple. Although it is only 4000 meters around the island, thereare three mountains and nine peaks, with many historic sites. Among them, themost famous is the three antiques of Laoshan: ancient pagoda, ancient temple andancient boat pond. There is another story about the ancient pagoda: the ancientpagoda was built in the late Ming Dynasty, but it was not completed due to theoutbreak of the nongming uprising. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of theQing Dynasty, local gentry lobbied Li Hongzhang to say, "with the tip of LaoshanMountain, Luzhou came out first." Li Hongzhang was very happy to hear that, andordered to raise funds to build the pagoda and named it "Wenfeng pagoda".Standing on the Wenfeng tower, you can also see huazangjing temple, an ancienttemple of three ancient times in Zhanmu mountain. Huazangjing temple is anancient temple built in memory of jiaolao, goddess of Chaohu. It was first builtin the Jin Dynasty and rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty when Wenfeng pagoda wasbuilt. It was renamed "Chaohu Temple" and "SHENGFEI Temple". After seeing thesecond ancient of Laoshan, you must want to know the third ancient boat pond ofLaoshan. This ancient boat pond is the harbor surrounded by huge stones that hitone or two kilos. There are two harbors like this. Do you know why? Because ofthe southeast wind in the first half of the year and the northwest wind in thesecond half of the year, two boat ponds were built. It is the warship haven ofChaohu Navy.
Well, the good time is always short. After tasting the delicacy of "Chaohuthree treasures" silver fish, white shrimp and crab, our trip today is over. Ibelieve that in the near future, I can still lead you to visit Chaohu again andtaste three treasures!
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am pleased to serve as your guide today.
This is the palace museum; also know as the Purple Forbidden City. It isthe largest and most well reserved imperial residence in China today. Under MingEmperor Yongle, construction began in 1406. It took 14years to build theForbidden City. The first ruler who actually lived here was Ming Emperor Zhudi.For five centuries thereafter, it continued to be the residence of23 successiveemperors until 1911 when Qing Emperor Puyi was forced to abdicate the throne .In1987, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizationrecognized the Forbidden City was a world cultural legacy.
It is believed that the Palace Museum, or Zi Jin Cheng (Purple ForbiddenCity), got its name from astronomy folklore, The ancient astronomers divided theconstellations into groups and centered them around the Ziwei Yuan(North Star).The constellation containing the North Star was called the Constellation ofHeavenly God and star itself was called the purple palace. Because the emperorwas supposedly the son of the heavenly gods, his central and dominant positionwould be further highlighted the use of the word purple in the name of hisresidence. In folklore, the term ”an eastern purple cloud is drifting” became ametaphor for auspicious events after a purple cloud was seen drifting eastwardimmediately before the arrival of an ancient philosopher, LaoZi, to the HanghuPass. Here, purple is associated with auspicious developments. The word jin(forbidden) is self-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded andoff-explanatory as the imperial palace was heavily guarded and off-limits toordinary people.
The red and yellow used on the palace walls and roofs are also symbolic.Red represents happiness, good fortune and wealth. Yellow is the color of theearth on the Loess Plateau, the original home of the Chinese people. Yellowbecame an imperial color during the Tang dynasty, when only members of the royalfamily were allowed to wear it and use it in their architecture.
The Forbidden City is rectangular in shape. It is 960 meters long fromnorth to south and 750 meter wide from east west. It has 9,900 rooms under atotal roof area 150,000 square meters .A 52-meter-wide-moat encircles a9.9-meter—high wall which encloses the complex. Octagon —shaped turrets rest onthe four corners of the wall. There are four entrances into the city: theMeridian Gate to the south, the Shenwu Gate(Gate of Military Prowess) to thenorth, and the Xihua Gate(Gate of military Prowess) to the north, and the XihuaGate(Western Flowery Gate )to the west ,the Donghua (Eastern Flowery Gate) tothe east.
Manpower and materials throughout the country were used to build theForbidden City. A total of 230,000 artisans and one million laborers wereemployed. Marble was quarried from fangshan Country Mount Pan in Jixian Countyin Hebei Province. Granite was quarried in Quyang County in Hebei Province.Paving blocks were fired in kilns in Suzhou in southern China. Bricks andscarlet pigmentation used on the palatial walls came from linqing in ShandongProvince .Timber was cut ,processed and hauled from the northwestern andsouthern regions.
The structure in front of us is the Meridian Gate. It is the main entranceto the forbidden City. It is also knows as Wufenglou(Five-Phoenix Tower). Mingemperors held lavish banquets here on the 15th day of the first month of theChinese lunar year in hornor of their counties .They also used this place forpunishing officals by flogging them with sticks.
Qing emperors used this building to announce the beginning of the new year.Qing Emperor Qianglong changed the original name of this announcement ceremonyfrom ban li(announcement of calendar)to ban shou(announcement of new moon )toavoid coincidental association with another Emperor` s name, Hongli, which wasconsidered a taboo at that time. Qing Dynasty emperors also used this place tohold audience and for other important ceremonies. For example,when the imperialarmy returned victoriously from the battlefield ,it was here that the Emperorpresided over the ceremony to accept prisoners of war.
Wulong fairy mountain national forest park is chongqing top ten touristattractions, the national AAAAA level scenic area, land belongs to the wulingmountains, based in wulong county in chongqing wujiang river north shore. Ofscenic fairy mountain national forest park a total area of 8910 hectares, anaverage elevation of 1900 meters, 2033 meters, the highest peak in the jiangnanunique charm of alpine grassland, austral rare beautiful snow, green quietbeautiful jungle BiYe landscape, known as the "eastern Switzerland".
She and magical furong cave, beautiful lotus river, the world's largestnatural arch geological wonders, classic refined winbond hotel (4 star)combination for chongqing best tourism holiday resort. The best travel timefairy mountain national forest park is located in chongqing wulong, the fourseasons scenery each are not identical, have distinguishing feature each, thefour seasons all appropriate travel.
Fairy mountain in winter is long, from November to February next year withXueQi. When the snow, be dressed in white, prairie lamb with skiing, snow, snow.Summer cool temperate in the mountains, average temperature in 18-20 oc, even inthe hottest in July and August, the highest temperature is not more than 30 ℃,the summer scenery charming beautiful, climate is cool and refreshing shushuang, the vast Lin hai, cool breeze blowing Buddha, cool and pleasant, is anexcellent resort, leisure vacation, few so fairy mountain enjoys a fame as the"mountain city Summer Palace".
Tourism zone are mainly lionrock, fairy stone, hou home village, the nineaxes, the red army of workers and peasants in sichuan province, beautifulscenery, the political department of the site of the first two guerrillaspasture resort, tent village, meat hot pot city hunter village, etc. With thejiangnan unique glamour of alpine grassland, austral rare beautiful snow, greenquiet beautiful jungle BiYe landscape, known as the "Oriental Switzerland",fairy mountain Lin hai, mountain, meadow, the snow is referred to as the fourunique visitors.
Tianjin is a good choice as a travel destination. With its cool sea breezeand fresh sea air you will definitely feel refreshed. Historical relics, naturalscenery, temples, churches, assembly halls and commemorative sites of theChinese revolution will illuminate Tianjin's past, present and future. Tianjinis honored as 'Building Museum' as it was occupied by nine imperial powersbefore the founding of the new China, leaving behind many buildings withextraordinary and exotic architectural styles, a real feast for the eye! In thefollowing text let me give you a brief introduction to the Jinmen Shijing (topten scenic attractions in Tianjin).
Huangyaguan Great Wall :
Located in the mountainous area of Tianjin's northern Ji County, theHuangyaguan Great Wall was first built during the Northern Qi Dynasty (550 -557) and repaired in large scale with bricks during the Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644). When appointed as the chief commanding officer in the Ji Garrison (one ofthe eleven garrisons of the Ming Dynasty), Qi Jiguang added watch towers andother defensive works.
The Huangyaguan Great Wall comes out first in the ten most-visited sites inTianjin. It is considered to be a miniature of the Great Wall. The entiresection is built on an abrupt mountain ridge. Being endowed with both naturalbeauty and cultural interest, it has become famous as a natural beauty spot anda summer resort. The major scenic area is composed of Huangyaguan Pass andTaiping Mountain Stronghold.
Huangyaguan Pass: In 1984, the people of Tianjin spent three yearsrepairing 3,308 yards of the main wall from Banlagang Mountain in the east toWangmaoding Mountain in the west. They restored 20 terraces, the HuangyaguanWater Gate, and the Bagua Castle (the Eight Diagrams Castle). The defensivesystem of the wall is complete. Watch towers, frontier cities, drain holes,emplacements, barracks and other indispensable military facilities are arrangedorderly along the wall. Besides, the stele forests of the Great Wall, BeijiTemple, the exhibition hall of famous couplets, the Great Wall Museum (the firstmuseum along the Great Wall) and the Phoenix Fortress have been newly builtwithin the area.
Taipingzhai Great Wall :
Six miles southeast of Huangyaguan Pass is the Taipingzhai Great Wall,another important mountain stronghold of the wall during the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644). It is also called Taipinganzhai, meaning "a village of peace andprosperity". Starting from Banlagang Mountain in the east and arriving at GuafuTower (Widow Tower) in the west, it winds through the precipitous mountains forabout 955 yards.
The wall is an important component of Huangyaguan Great Wall. There are sixwatch towers, one battlement, and one shortcut leading to the wall. Thearchitectural styles of the military towers vary considerably. There are square,round, solid and hollow towers, with some inside and others outside the wall.Beside the shortcut, there is a small citadel where an 8.5-meter statue of QiJiguang, the chief commanding officer of Ji Garrison (one of the elevengarrisons in the Ming Dynasty) is located. The local people built this statue inorder to commemorate his great contribution to frontier peace and stability inthat period. To the west of the citadel, a section of the wall extends 33 yardsout to where a sentry post was situated.
At the western end of the wall is a square stone tower called Guafu Tower,"Widow Tower" in English, built by twelve wives whose husbands died during theconstruction of the wall in the Ming Dynasty. The widows erected this tower tocommemorate their husbands' notable exploits. The tower has two levels andmeasures 13-meters (14-yards) high. Arched arrow windows are on the four sidesof the tower.
Besides these cultural points of interest, Taipingzhai Great Wall is alsofamous for its amazingly impressive scenery. Zigzagging along the mountain ridgefor over 984 yards, the wall looks very much like a giant dragon flying throughclouds.
Mt. Panshan Scenic Area :
Covering an area of 106 square kilometers (about 26193 acres), Mt. PanshanScenic Area is located in Jixian County, 110 kilometers (68.4 miles) away fromTianjin, 88 kilometers (54.7 miles) away from Beijing. As the name suggests, thescenic area is mainly Mt Panshan–oriented. Endowed with natural beauty and ahistorical heritage, Mt Panshan is known as 'The First Mountain East of Beijing'and is listed as one of the top fifteen mountains in China.
The mountain acquired its present name, early in the Eastern Han (25-220).Taizong , the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), was prodigal of hispraise of its scenery on his chance visit when he led the army in a campaign.Seventy-two temples, thirteen pagodas and numerous Xanadus and towers were builton the mountain in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). Qianlong, a brilliant and wise Qing Dynasty emperor was soimpressed that he made thirty or so visits and wrote 1366 poems to express hisadmiration of the area. In the first half of the twentieth century, the wholeresort all fell to ruin due to hostilities and neglect. It has undergone aprocess of restoration since the 1990s and is now regaining its fame.
It is famous for jade pine trees, strange and astonishing peaks, clearwaters, grotesquely shaped rocks and clusters of ancient temples. On themountaintop, numerous pines hide the sky from view and block out the sunshine.Rugged rocks in a variety of shapes, some of which resemble a toad, a general ora boa, will greet you in the middle of the mountain. At its foot, clear watersplashes on the rocks. The mountain consists of five peaks, with the main one,Guayue (Moon Hanging) Peak. Although Guayue Peak is only 857 meters (2811.7feet) above sea level, to the north it is possible to see a section of the GreatWall while to the west Mt Taihang can be seen.
From the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280) onwards,emperors enthusiastically commissioned the building of temples, towers andXanadus resulting in over 160 such sites. There are four main temples: TianchengTemple (God Proposing Temple), Yunzhao Temple (Cloud-Hiding Temple), WanfoTemple (Ten Thousand-Buddha Temple) and Wansong Temple (Ten Thousand-PineTemple). Tiancheng Temple built in the Tang Dynasty, was enlarged and repairedin the Ming and the Qing dynasties. To the east of this temple stands theAncient Dagoba. As the biggest tower in this mountain, it has thirteen floors.The roof of the Yunzhao Temple was a golden yellow, a color that normally wasonly allowed to be used on imperial buildings. By granting permission for this,Emperor Qianlong demonstrated his approval and admiration of the mountain. WanfoTemple (Ten Thousand-Buddha Temple) has 10,960 small Buddhas statues.
Evening Scenes of Chongqing
The Red Star Pavilion in the Pipasha Park, the Kansheng Pavilion in theEling Park, and a place called Yikeshu on the Nanshan Mountain are vintagepoints for observing the nocturnal scenes of the mountain city of Chongqing. Atnight the entire city is inundated in an ocean of lights, which form a colorfulthree-dimensional painting, with waves of the Yangtze and Jialing riversglistening against the moonlit, star spangled sky.
Sites of the Provisional Capital
Chongqing figured importantly in modem Chinese history. During the War ofResistance against Japan, it was the "provisional capital" of China under theKuomintang rule from November 1937 to October 1945. Vestiges of that period arestill there in and around the city. These include the Red Crag Village and 50Zengjiayan, as well as Chiang Kai-shek's mansion, Guiyuan Garden, LinyuanGarden, and the mansion of C.C. Kong, the embassies of various countries toChina, as well as former residences of important politicians, generals andcultural figures.
Martyrs' Mausoleum at Mount Gele
The former headquarters, radio station and prison of the Bureau ofInvestigation and Statistics of the Military Council (a colossal secret serviceof the Kuomintang) at the foot of the Gele Mountain in Shapingba District havebecome the mausoleum for those who died a martyr's death there in China's darkdays. In the dying years of World War 11, it was the site of the "Sino0USInstitute for Cooperation in Special Technology".
Dazu Grottoes
The Dazu Grottoes in the county of the same name is best known for thestone carvings on the Baodingshan and Beishan mountains, which are fine exampleof grotto sculpture in the late years of Chinese feudalism. The sculptures, donein fastidious chisel work and gracious imagery, are marked by a new sculpturallanguage that eschews religious taboos and espouses true life.
Yangtze River's Three Gorges
Sailong down the Yangtze from Chongqing to Yichang allows visitors to seethe spectacular scenery of the Three Gorges along with its splendid culturalheritage and fabled local folklore. The cruise, which combines sightseeing withscientific, artistic and folklore exploration, is a national-caliber touristprogram. The 193-km-long Three Gorges, consisting of the majestic Qutangxia,statuesque Wuxia and ferocious Xilingxia gorges, is one of and ferociousXilongxia gorges, is one of the world's major canyons. Along the way there aresuch scenic attractions as the Fengdu Mountain. Baidi city, Shibao village,Zhang Fel's Temple, Qu Yuan's Temple, and the Three Gorges Dam.
Lesser Three Gorges
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The Daning River is the largest Yangtze tributary, which rises in the southern side of the Daba Mountain and flows for 250km before emptying itself into the Yangtze at the western entrance to the Wuxia Gorge. The Lesser Three Gorges on the Daning River, a 50km-long affair covering the Longmenxia, Bawuxia and Dicuixia gorges in the lower reaches of the river, is billed as one of China's 40 best scenic resorts thanks to its gorgeous mountains, elegant peaks, turbulent rapids, limpid water, exotic rock imagery and serene scenery.
Diaoyu City, Hechuan
Established in 1242, or the 2nd year of the Chunyou reign of the Southern Song, Diaoyu City covers 2.5 square km up the Diaoyu Mountain on the southern shore of the Jialing River in Hechuan City's Heyang Town. In 1258, the Mongols launched a three-way attack on the Song, and in February the next year Diaoyu City found itself besieged. The Song army mounted a valiant counterattack that last3ed for 36 years, and made world war history by rebuffing a strong enemy with a weak force. This prompted some European historians to laud Diaoyu City as the "Mecca of the East" and "Where God broke his whip". The ruins of the ancient battlefield of Diaoyu City are well kept there.
Jinyun Mountain
Nicknamed "Less Mount Emei", Jinyun Mountain is a national scenic resort 55km from downtown Chongqing.
Furong Cave, Wulung
The Furong (Hibiscus) Cave is located by the Furong River in Wulung County. The main part of the cave is 2,700 metres in length and 3.7 square metres in area. The Splendid Cave is the most impressive. Housed in it are nearly 30 varieties of stalactites chiseled into every manner of exotic imagery by the cunning labor of nature. Major attractions are Gold Throne Hall, Leifeng Pagoda and Sky-reaching Jade Pillar.
Tian’anmen Rostrum
Tian’anmen( the Gate of Heavenly Peace), is located in the center ofBeijing. It was first built in 1417 and named Chengtianmen( the Gate of HeavenlySuccession). At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was seriously damaged by war.When it was rebuilt under the Qing in 1651, it was renamed Tian’anmen, andserved as the main entrance to the Imperial City, the administrative andresidential quarters for court officials and retainers. The southern sections ofthe Imperial City wall still stand on both sides of the Gate. The tower at thetop of the gate is nine-room wide and five –room deep. According to the Book ofChanges, the two numbers nine and five, when combined, symbolize the supremestatus of a sovereign.During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tian’anmen was theplace where state ceremonies took place. The most important one of them was theissuing of imperial edicts, which followed these steps:
1) The Minister of Rites would receive the edict in Taihedian( Hall ofSupreme Harmony), where the Emperor was holding his court. The minister wouldthen carry the decree on a yunpan( tray of cloud), and withdraw from the hallvia Taihemen( Gate of supreme Harmony)
2) The Minister would put the tray in a miniature longting( dragonpavilion). Beneath a yellow umbrella and carry it via Wumen( Meridian Gate), toTian’anmen Gate tower.
3) A courtier would be invested to proclaim the edict. The civil andmilitary officials lining both sides of the gateway beneath the tower wouldprostrate themselves in the direction of the emperor in waiting for the decreeto the proclaimed.
4) The courtier would then put the edict in a phoenix-shaped wooden box andlower it from the tower by means of a silk cord. The document would finally becarried in a similar tray of cloud under a yellow umbrella to the Ministry ofRites.
5) The edict, copied on yellow paper, would be made known to the wholecountry.
Such a process was historically recorded as “ Imperial Edict Issued byGolden Phoenix”.During the Ming and Qing dynasties Tian’anmen was the mostimportant passage. It was this gate that the Emperor and his retinue would gothrough on their way to the altars for ritual and religious activities.
On the Westside of Tian’anmen stands ZhongshanPark( Dr. Sun Yat-sen’sPark), and on the east side, the Working People’s Cultural Palave. The Park wasformerly called Shejitan( Altar of Land and Grain), built in 1420 for offeringsacrificial items to the God of Land. It was opened to the public as a park in1914 and its name was changed in 1928 to the present one in memory of the greatpioneer of the Chinese Democratic Revolution.The Working People’s CulturalPalace used to be Taimiao( the Supreme Ancestral Temple), where tablets of thedeceased dynastic rulers were kept.
The stream in front of Tian’anmen is called Waijinshuihe( Outer GoldenRiver),with seven marble bridges spanning over it . Of these sevenbridges,historical records say the middle one was for the exclusive use of theemperor and was accordingly called Yuluqiao( Imperial Bridge). The bridgesflanking it on either side were meant for the members of the royal family andwere therefore called Wanggongqiao( Royal’s Bridges). Farther away on each sideof the two were bridges for officials ranking above the third order and werenamed Pinjiqiao( ministerial Bridges). The remaining two bridges were for theuse by the retinue below the third order and wre called Gongshengqiao( commonBridges). They anr the one in front of the Supreme Ancestral Temple to the eastand the one in front of the Altar of land and Grain to the west.
The two stone lions by the Gate of Tian’anmen, one on each side were meantas sentries. They gaze toward the middle axis, guarding the emperor’s walkway.In front of the gate stands a pair of marble columns called Huabiao. They areelaborately cut in bas-relief following the pattern of a legendary dragon.Behind the gate stands another pair of similar columns. The story of Huabiao maybe traced to a couple of sources. One of the versions accredits its invention toone of the Chinese sage kings named Yao, who was said to have set up a woodenpillar in order to allow the ordinary people to expose evil-doers, hence it wasoriginally called a slander pillar. Later it ws reduced to a signpost, and nowit serves as an ornament.
Hello, everyone. I'm Niu Ge, the tour guide of this trip to Mount Tai.Welcome.
Mount Tai, located in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, has always been theplace for emperors to worship their ancestors, and is also the first of the fivemountains in China.
From a distance, Mount Tai is green, like a green veil.
As you approach, you will first come to Dai Temple, where the emperors ofall dynasties held the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Mount Tai. Among them,Tianfu hall has the main building of Dai Temple, which is also known as thethree palace buildings in ancient China, together with Taihe Hall of theForbidden City in Beijing and Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple in Qufu.
Out of the Houzai gate of the Dai Temple, you can walk not far todaizongfang, which is the starting point of Taishan imperial road.
After the Queen Mother pool, Doumu palace, hutiange and many otherbuildings, you come to Zhongtianmen. The landmark is like a transfer station fortourists to rest.
Continue to move forward, after 18 sets, is kaixianfang. You can seeNantianmen from here. It is said that Zhu Bajie fell down from here.
When you come to Tianjie and look at the mountains surrounded by clouds,you will feel that you will be able to climb to the top and see all the smallmountains.
After walking on the Tianjie street, it's not far from the DaidingYuhuangding. There is a temple on the Yuhuangding, in which there is a 1545meter stele. This is the highest place in Mount Tai.
Climbing Mount Tai is not only an enjoyment of natural beauty, but also anexperience of cultural beauty.
The whole commentary of Zhaozhou Bridge includes three parts:
Part one: Introduction
The Zhaozhou Bridge is also known as the safe crossing bridge and the GreatStone Bridge. It crosses the Xiao River in Zhao County. It is named after thenearby Zhao County, which is known as Zhao Zhou in history.
Zhaozhou Bridge is designed and built by LiChun from 605 to 616 during theSui Dynasty, has stood the tests of earthquakes, floods and traffic for morethan 1400 years. It is the world’s oldest single-arch stone bridge still in usetoday and with the reputation as one of the Four Treasures of North China.
Part two: Creative construction.
Characteristics:
1) It has only one main arch and this arch has a span of more than 37meters, which is a great creation in the world history.
2) The bridge has two small side arches on either of the main arch, theyserve two important functions: First, they reduce the total weight of the bridgeand save the structural materials. Second, in time of flood, they cooperate withthe main one allowing water to pass through, thus weaken the flood’s impact onthe body of the bridge itself.
3) This design also improve the general look of the bridge, contributes toits beauty, so people compared the bridge to a new moon rising above the clouds”and “a long rainbow hanging on a mountain waterfall”.
Part three: Beautiful stories and famous folk song
There are many legends about the design of this bridge.
According to one legend, the bridge was built by LuBan, who is a excellentarchitect, he managed the sheep turn into stones and built the bridge in osingle night.
In another story, the bridge was put to the test by two immortals whocrossed it at the same time. One is ZhangGuolao, he rode his lovely donkey withthe sun and moon in his bag, and the other is ChaiWangye, who crossed the bridgewith the Five Famous Mountains. LuBan was worried and saved the bridge byplunging into the water and supporting the structure.
A folk song: Xiao Fang Niu
(Ask the tourists if there is anybody would like to sing the song, theguide should teach the visitor to sing the typical and beautiful folk song,which can exert an outstanding effect on and response from the tourists)
Letter valley pass in front of yu shan jin three provinces border, henanlingbao city territory, about 75 km away from downtown sanmenxia, 12 km fromdowntown spi. Letter valley was founded in the spring and autumn period and thewarring states period, after the destroyed by fire. In 1987, rebuilt thebeginning letter of rehabilitation of 1992 cage valley floor, is a Taoistculture and military in the heart of the integration of the humanities. Lettervalley is building in the history of our country one of the earliest innorth-west fortress, also our country ancient great thinker, philosopher Lao ziTaoist school of thought takes great the daodejing valley, the spirit of theholy land, to celebrity (Lao tzu), classics (the daodejing), collecting thevalley off (letter) niche in history, known overseas. Former Chinese Taoistassociation, yuxi road flyover MinZhiTing personally inscribed for the scenicspot "the source of the Taoist" plaques. The scenic area covers an area of 16.9square kilometers, divided into functional valley and the beginning of twoparts. Letter valley pass was built in the spring and autumn period and thewarring states period, "because, in the valley deep risks such as letter of thename. Since yao mountain mountain east, west to Tong jin, TongMing lettervalley, so-called crash" (as the example).
Since the spring and autumn period and the warring states period, afterseven male supremacy, chu, huang chao uprising, the article analyzes the peasantuprising, as well as the xinhai revolution, the Anti-Japanese War, liberationwar shows that must, is strategically important for everybody. The beginningpalace is China's spring and autumn dynasty outstanding thinker, politician,philosopher and writer Lao tze writings the daodejing, his book the daodejing,its ideas and profound, contains the rich, all aspects related to heaven, earth,people, in politics, economy, military affairs, art, ethics, health and otherfields has the original opinion, is a rare treasure in the world. Since 1992,the letter of valley Lao zi s birthday activities every year, when the touristsat home and abroad to pilgrimage. Main attraction on floor, letter off trail,the beginning palace courtyard, avenue, Taoism regimen, the scripture-storedtower, deep purple floor, chicken calls, the forest of steles, museum, themuseum of more than 20.
Topic: define the Mountain Summer Resort as “garden bright pearl, scienceopen-air museum”.
Part one: how this garden is special.
_Question: (Outside the resort, to sitimulate the tourist’s interests)
Our garden experts said that, the Summer Vacation Mountain Village is theminiature of our beautiful motherland. Why can the experts say like this?
_Introduction:
Chengde Summer Resort is in the northern part of Chengde city, Heibeiprovince. Chengde Imperial Palace also known as the Rehe Place, where Qingemperors spent their summer days and work in, so it was not an imperial summerpalace in its usual meaning, but became a important centre next to Beijing.
_Knowledge about the layout:
There are two parts of the resort――the palaces and a scenic area.
The palaces were for emperors to handled political affairs and lived in.The scenic area includes lakes, hills and grassland. There are eight artificiallakes. Emperor kangXi commented the resort as “having the mountains as the boneand water as the heart ”. Emperor QianLong’s remark, “Though it is named asmountain resort, its beauty is in water” highlighted the feature of the resort.Because KangXi and QianLong have toured in south China many times andappreciated a lot of beauties there, so that beauties were like been moved bythe emperors into the resort. So this garden has the north and south style in abody.
_Answer of the question:
The natural mountains and rivers built it was copied the landscape fromsouthern Jiangsu and outside Shanhaiguan, there has forests, lakes, grasslandand mountains; almost include all kinds of the landscapes of China.
Outside the palaces is the eight outer temples, this temples surroundingthe palaces like the star surrounding the Moon, symbolized the national variousnationalities closely around the Qing Dynasty’s rule center.
Part two: Great values of the resort.
In our country history:
The Mountain Summer Resort has witnessed the Qing Dynasty’s consolidationand development. Said from its rich history connotation, it is really a nationaland religious history museum.
_Question: Why Mountain Summer Resort is considered as “intangible GreatWall”?
When the Qing government made Beijing its capital, it paid attention to therelationship with the national minorities in Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet, andkeep a marriage relation with them. It can be seen like this way: the templesaround the Mountain Summer Resort were the outcome of the policy of nationalsolidarity and consolidation of the multi-national country.
We know the Ming Dynasty has built Great Wall, but the policy of buildingthe Mountain Summer Resort is more effectual .
From the cultural value:
In the resort, Han Nationality culture and some national minority cultures,both display respective characteristics and absorb from each other. Now Chengdealready towards to the world, the culture is not belongs to china also theuniverse.